Venus Albina, Mehta Sangita Sharma
Department of Pathology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Mar;70(1):159-161. doi: 10.1007/s12070-017-1172-8. Epub 2017 Jul 21.
Esthesioneuroblastomas are rare neuroectodermally derived neoplasms occurring in the upper nasal septum or cribriform plate. They have been rarely reported in other sites, when they are called ectopic esthesioneuroblastomas. Due to the scarcity of reports, publications and molecular/genetic studies of these tumours, their diagnosis is likely to be missed when they are ectopic. Similar to the case report in this journal by Zahedi et al., we had a case of neuroectodermally derived neoplasm of the tonsil, which was difficult to diagnose, due to the site of occurrence being unknown for these tumours.
嗅神经母细胞瘤是一种罕见的神经外胚层来源的肿瘤，发生于鼻中隔上部或筛板。很少有在其他部位发生的报道，这种情况下被称为异位嗅神经母细胞瘤。由于关于这些肿瘤的报道、出版物以及分子/遗传学研究较少，当它们发生异位时很可能漏诊。与Zahedi等人在本杂志发表的病例报告类似，我们有一例扁桃体神经外胚层来源的肿瘤，由于这些肿瘤的发生部位罕见，所以难以诊断。
